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Meta blocks whistleblower from promoting book, guaranteeing way more people will read it

Mashable Tech

Wynn-Williams was previously Meta's director of global public policy, with Careless People covering her time at the company from 2011 to 2017. According to the complaint, in 2015 Facebook developed a censorship system intended for use by the Chinese government in an effort to enter the Chinese market.

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China has plans to make Minority Report a reality for its citizens

TechSpot

It's no secret that China is building a very different Internet than the Western world. In fact, it is sometimes referred to as a "surveillance economy" due to its questionable policies. The Chinese government seeks to control its citizens' online activity to the point of putting curfews on watching livestreams,

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Airbnb’s Chinese data policies reportedly cost it an executive

The Verge

Airbnb’s chief trust officer Sean Joyce left the company after just six months in 2019 because the former FBI deputy director took issue with the company’s data sharing practices in China, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. He feared it could allow the Chinese government to track foreign visitors and its own citizens.

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YouTube reportedly took down videos by group documenting human rights abuses in China

The Verge

YouTube took down several videos from a human rights organization’s channel, which was attempting to document human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang province, for violating its anti-harassment policy, Reuters reported. YouTube has “strict policies that prohibit harassment.

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Read Apple’s commitment to freedom of expression that doesn’t mention China

The Verge

On Friday, Apple published a new human rights policy committing to “freedom of information and expression” after facing years of criticism over the company’s willingness to follow mainland China’s censorship laws. In a letter to Congress in 2017, Apple revealed that it removed 674 VPN apps from its App Store in China.

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Sequoia faces Congressional scrutiny over investments in China

TechCrunch

One of Silicon Valley’s most prominent investment firms will face government scrutiny over its investments in China. Sequoia Capital has received a polite but pointed request from Congress to enter into more detail on how it will prevent further U.S. investment dollars from advancing Chinese interests.

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Facebook blocks access to group criticizing Thailand king after government threat

The Verge

According to a report from The Guardian , the company has removed a Facebook group with more than 1 million members after it was threatened by the Thai government for violating local laws around defaming the ruling monarch. Facebook restricted the group to avoid fines from the Thai government.

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